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Water Resource Management “Uganda’s Experience”

ITU Workshop on “ICT as an Enabler for Smart Water Management ” (Luxor, Egypt, 14-15 April 2013). Water Resource Management “Uganda’s Experience”. Nakiguli Helen Cynthia, Environment Management Specialist, Uganda Communications Commission (UCC), hnakiguli@ucc.co.ug. Content. Introduction

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Water Resource Management “Uganda’s Experience”

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  1. ITU Workshop on “ICT as an Enabler for Smart Water Management” (Luxor, Egypt, 14-15 April 2013) Water Resource Management “Uganda’s Experience” Nakiguli Helen Cynthia, Environment Management Specialist, Uganda Communications Commission (UCC), hnakiguli@ucc.co.ug

  2. Content Introduction National water and sewerage corporation-NWSC Challenges The next steps

  3. Introduction • The water sector formation in Uganda- Min. of H₂o and Environment – political leadership

  4. .....introduction • Main water sources; • L. Victoria, • R. Nile and • (R. Rwizi, R. Kwania, gravity flow from the Rwenzori mountains etc- for the urban provision)

  5. NWSC • Is equipped with an automated system for efficient operational activities • Does not focus on water for agriculture (purely urban), • 35% of its costs is electricity bills- especially for the bigger plants, • The bigger water treatment plants are automated, • Serves 3.4m people with H₂O coverage of 70%(June 2012)

  6. NWSC- Automated System The NWSC uses; • A central ArcGIS server for; • Management of the Geodatabase- (service points, piped network, roads, telecom cables, sewer lines, power lines, etc) • Integrated to the billing system and call centre, • Other operations; H₂O consumption/distribution, leakage and network failures, defective meter distribution

  7. …..cont’d • An AutoCAD system for primary creation of device points-basic initial drawings, • Pro-poor intervention- prepaid metering in the urban-poor areas • Work in progress – developing system for district/zone metering, adding network sensors, improving hydraulic modelling, revenue management, network expansion etc.

  8. Challenges Poor performance of the data networks, Constrained raw water resources-intermittent water supply, Non revenue water-illegal connections, old pipe work (system overwhelmed), Poor inter-agency coordination and information sharing (e.g. city authorities, different utilities – power/water, )

  9. ….challenges Poor/inadequate systems support from vendors – most applications / equipment are imported, with limited local maintenance operations. Skills sets and competencies are still very limited.

  10. The next steps.....towards smart water management Focus on increasing the use of ICT in water management, specifically GIS, Hydraulic modeling, asset management, network monitoring etc- governments should invest in efficiency, Policies, standards and guidelines in place More Capacity / skills development

  11. …..next steps Increased focus on Water for Production, at Ministry level. Focus of water for livestock, irrigation etc- automated system Enhancing regional and international collaborations towards smart water management, Promote R&D on smart technologies in water management

  12. Thank you ?

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